Chapter 3 Chapter 3
Ambulances and police arrived and the students were asked to return to the dormitory.
Luo Shizhen huddled in the corner of the dormitory, hugging his knees and burying his face in them.
Chu Xiao half-knelt in front of him and gently pulled out his cold hand.
There were dried blood stains on it, which were stained when Luo Shizhen held Zhang Cai down. Chu Xiao gently wiped it clean with a hot towel.
Qin Yinian leaned against the dormitory door with his arms folded.
"I thought he was quite reliable just now. He was brave and helped to hold down the person. I thought he was not afraid. It turns out he just didn't react."
"Hey! Little Stone, don't be afraid. If you're scared, you can come live with me. Chu Xiao's leg is broken, but mine is. I'll protect you."
One of the main bases for the rumor circulating in school that Qin Yinian is a rich second-generation is that Qin Yinian also lives in a single room.
Chu Xiao turned around and glared at him coldly. Qin Yinian shrugged and made a gesture as if he was zipping his mouth.
"Shi Zhen."
Chu Xiao held Luo Shizhen's cold hand and his tone softened a little.
He rarely spoke in such a good tone: "What's wrong? What are you afraid of? Tell me?"
Qin Yinian thought, is he coaxing a child?
But Luo Shizhen was really coaxed out.
He slowly raised his head, his eyes were red, and his face, which always had a bit of a silly look, was now filled with panic and helplessness.
“I, I…”
His eyelashes gradually became wet, and he sobbed, then uttered a sentence in a tearful voice:
"Did I kill someone together with Qin Yinian?"
"Are we going to jail?"
Chu Xiao was stunned.
Qin Yinian was also stunned for a moment, and then he laughed out loud, holding his stomach as if he had heard a hilarious joke.
“Hahahaha oh my god, Luo Shizhen, why are you so funny hahahaha!!”
Luo Shizhen was stunned by his laughter and looked at him blankly with his red eyes.
Qin Yinian couldn't stop laughing: "Oh my god, Chu Xiao, now I know why you treat him like a big treasure, it's so funny hahahahaha!"
"Hey! Luo Shizhen, it's not like you didn't see that thing's face just now. Even in this state, you still think he is a human being."
No matter how stupid Luo Shizhen was, he knew that he was being laughed at. He sullenly dodged Qin Yinian's hand that was trying to move his head.
"I don't think he's human, but what if the police don't believe me? He might not be human. Maybe he's human, but he's just sick..."
Although he thought that person was a zombie during the confrontation, now that he has recovered, the materialism that Luo Shizhen had been taught by school since childhood has emerged again.
If it were someone else, even if they had believed it since childhood, they would doubt what they had learned after seeing it with their own eyes.
But Luo Shi is really different. He has been stupid and slow to react since he was a child, and he always does things wrong. Later, his grandmother taught him to listen to his teachers in school, and what the teachers say is always right.
Luo Shizhen firmly followed his grandmother's words. The teacher said that there are no ghosts or gods in the world, so there are no ghosts or gods in the world.
So, he killed someone.
The fire was started by Qin Yinian, and he himself said it was so. So Qin Yinian is the principal offender and he is the accomplice.
But Qin Yinian was trying to save him.
Grandma said that we should be good people and do good things, and not be people without conscience.
Luo Shizhen looked up at Qin Yinian:
"I will tell the police that you killed someone because of me, I am the main culprit, and you are acting bravely."
Qin Yinian, who was still mocking Luo Shizhen, was stunned again. He didn't expect Luo Shizhen to say that.
Seeing that he was serious, Qin Yinian felt inexplicably embarrassed.
He stopped laughing, retreated to the door, and looked at Chu Xiao again: "Hey! Is he serious?"
Chu Xiao ignored Qin Yinian and just reached out to wipe away Luo Shizhen's tears, frowning and saying:
"Shi Zhen, that wasn't a human. Remember the zombie movie we watched together? That was a zombie, a flying zombie. You didn't kill anyone."
Luo Shizhen obediently let Chu Xiao help wipe his tears, and looked at him with a pair of rabbit-like red eyes with a bit of timidity and stubbornness:
"Grandma said there are no ghosts in the world, they are all fake."
Chu Xiao said calmly: "There wasn't any before, but it's different now. The world has changed."
Luo Shi really didn’t understand this sentence. What did it mean that the world had changed? Would the world continue to change?
He is a person who almost writes all his emotions on his face. A confused frown on his brows can make people know what he is thinking.
Chu Xiao said slowly: "I don't know why it changed, but it just changed. Now there are ghosts, zombies, and some other inhuman things. Thirty years ago, before you and I were born, the world had already changed, but we just didn't know it until now."
"Not only does the world change, people also change, you see."
He spread out his hands, and a burst of fine icicles swirled out of thin air in his palms. Under Luo Shizhen's shocked gaze, these icicles spun together and formed a prismatic ice cone.
Qin Yinian looked at this scene and thought that he should let other teammates come and see that Chu Xiao, who had a dead face, could actually be so patient.
Luo Shizhen blinked and rubbed his eyes, and there really was an icicle.
Chu Xiao guided his hand to touch the icicle, which was cold, just like the ones they had picked up under the eaves in winter when they were children.
Luo Shizhen suddenly remembered that the zombie was frozen before it caught fire.
His eyes widened: "Is that Bing you?!"
"It's me."
Chu Xiao answered quickly: "Shi Zhen, I am an awakener. I awakened at the beginning of this year."
Luo Shi really didn't understand: "What is an awakener?"
"Awakeners are people with special abilities. They can fight against strange forces, such as today's zombies. Ordinary people can't defeat them, but awakened ones can."
Luo Shi was really confused. His brain was slow to react and when he learned new knowledge, he always had to memorize it for a long time. It also took him a long time to understand what Chu Xiao said.
Chu Xiao understood this. Rather than asking Luo Shizhen to understand new things, it would be better to directly point out a path for him and let him follow it.
This is a habit cultivated by Grandma Luo Shizhen. A stupid child needs to be obedient to live a better life.
Luo Shizhen may not quite understand what this road means, but he will follow it obediently, just like when his fifth uncle asked him to go to the construction site, he would go to the construction site, and when his teachers asked him to go to a technical college, he would obediently go to the technical college.
Now, Chu Xiao pointed out a new path for Luo Shizhen.
"This world is no longer safe. I may leave school in the future, but I will take you with me and arrange for you to go to a safe place. That way, even if chaos breaks out, you won't get hurt."
"I will be very busy, but I will come to see you whenever I am free. You don't have to worry about finding a job. I have a salary and can support you. You don't have to do anything, just stay in the safe zone."
The awakened ones naturally have more welfare benefits. They can arrange for some relatives and friends to live in the family area protected by the army and the awakened ones.
Chu Xiao has no other relatives. Only Luo Shizhen grew up with him. The two have never been separated. He has decided to give the quota to Luo Shizhen.
Before Luo Shizhen knew it, Chu Xiao had already arranged his future.
Looking at Luo Shizhen who was still trying to absorb the meaning of what he said, Chu Xiao tapped his forehead:
"If you want to take the college entrance exam, then leave after it's over. That'll give you a chance to pack your bags."
Luo Shizhen's eyelashes were wet with tears, and he looked wet all over, like a puppy.
But the puppy was not as obedient as Chu Xiao thought. He whispered:
"I won't go. Grandma said that people need to support themselves and find a job. I can't let you support me. I want to go to technical school, learn to be a chef, and then find a job."
Chu Xiao paused.
"ha!"
Qin Yinian at the door laughed at him loudly.
Chu Xiao took a deep breath. "Luo Shizhen, do you understand? It's dangerous everywhere right now. The flying zombie you just encountered might appear again tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. It's everywhere in the world. You can only be safe if you follow me."
Luo Shizhen was still unwilling: "You said that I can't find a job, that I don't have to do anything, and you want to support me. That won't work. The teacher said that people like this are called "parasites" and will become useless. I can't learn."
Grandma raised him because he was her grandson, but he and Chu Xiao were just friends, so how could he let Chu Xiao raise him?
He went to see Chu Xiao: "Chu Xiao, I understand. You are very powerful, but you don't have to worry about me."
"I could have headbutted that guy just now, but he looked too dirty and smelly, so I didn't. If I had, he wouldn't have been able to beat me. If that happens again, I'll fight him hard. So if you want to go, go by yourself. Don't take me with you. It's too much trouble."
Chu Xiao: “…”
Everyone could see that he was almost mad, except Luo Shizhen.
Qin Yinian behind him laughed even louder.
Chu Xiaoteng stood up in an instant: "Luo Shizhen, you will come with me to Luoxia City. It's a deal."
Luo Shizhen: "I'm not going."
"You have to go even if you don't want to!"
Luo Shizhen: "I'm not going. If I don't use facial recognition to buy a ticket, you can't take me there."
He has taken the high-speed rail and knows that you need to scan your face to buy tickets.
Qin Yinian laughed so hard that his stomach hurt: "Oh my god, oh my god, I laughed more today than I did all year. Chu Xiao, you will also be embarrassed one day, oh my god, I am dying of laughter..."
Chu Xiao had a gloomy face and went straight over to pick up Luo Shizhen who was curled up on the ground.
He knew that Luo Shizhen was sometimes really obedient, but sometimes he was stubborn and nobody could change his mind. Once he made up his mind, no one could change it even with eight oxen.
In the past, only Grandma Luo Shizhen could suppress his stubbornness. Now that Grandma Luo Shizhen is gone, Chu Xiao really has no way to deal with him and can only use force.
Luo Shi was really unhappy and hid in the corner. He was very strong, and Chu Xiao was obviously an awakened person, but he couldn't do anything to him for a while.
One of them was pulling and the other was dodging, with Qin Yinian watching them from behind. When they were in a stalemate, there was a knock on the door.
——QQ.
The visitor looked at the scene with some surprise and asked, "Am I here at the wrong time?"
Luo Shizhen, who was curled up on the ground, looked up and saw a person standing at the door.
He was a man. At first glance, he gave off a gentle and elegant vibe. He had a handsome face, with a scholarly air between his brows. His eyes behind the glasses were looking at him gently.
It’s the school’s new art teacher, Chen Heyan.
Luo Shizhen, who had always been a good boy in front of the teachers, looked down at his extremely embarrassed self and his face turned red.
He stood up and said, "Hello, Teacher Chen!"
Chu Xiao looked at Chen Heyan in confusion: "Why are you here?"
Chen Heyan smiled good-naturedly and tapped his watch: "Yinian said there was a new awakener, so I came."
Chu Xiao frowned and looked at Luo Shizhen, who turned into a good student as soon as he saw the teacher and stood neatly beside him.
Speculations arose in his mind, but he felt it was unlikely, so he frowned and looked at Qin Yinian.
Qin Yinian was still leaning against the door frame, boneless.
"Yes, it's your big baby. I saw him. He absorbed the stiff energy, but he wasn't affected at all."
Chu Xiao's whole body trembled, and he suddenly turned his head: "You absorbed the deadly energy?!!"
Luo Shizhen was still confused: "What is zombie energy?"
Chu Xiao held Luo Shizhen's hand, and icicles rose in his other hand, scanning him from head to toe like a scanner. After making sure that the icicles had no reaction, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"fine."
He absorbed the stiff energy, but nothing happened. There is only one possibility.
Sure enough, Qin Yinian watched him nervously examine Luo Shizhen like a show, and then he said leisurely:
"I suspect his ability is purification."
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